The Horniman at Hays Review: A Pint on the Larder of London | A grand riverside pub in Hay’s Galleria, named for the great tea trader Frederick Horniman, on the wharf once known as the Larder of London
Primo Bar Review: A Hotel Bar by Westminster Bridge | Far to the west of the survey’s core, a smart hotel bar near County Hall whose Italian name simply means ‘first’
Electric Shuffle Review: Shuffleboard Reinvented on Bermondsey Street | A high-tech reboot of an old deck game, and the latest entry in the survey’s long study of the competitive-socialising boom
The Marquis of Wellington Review: A Pub for the Iron Duke | On Druid Street beneath the arches, a pub honouring the general who beat Napoleon, gave his name to a boot, and never much cared for either
Dean Swift Review: A Bermondsey Pub Named for a Satirist | On a Shad Thames corner, a pub honouring Jonathan Swift – author of Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal and the sharpest satire in the language
The Miller Review: A Pub Named for an Honest Trade | Near Guy’s Hospital on Snowsfields, a well-known pub and music venue carrying the name of one of the oldest occupations in England
The Vault 1894 Review: A Bar Under Tower Bridge’s Birth Year | Beneath the approach to Tower Bridge, a bar whose name marks the year the great bascule bridge first opened its arms across the Thames
The Old Kings Head Review: A Coaching-Inn Ghost by Borough | Down a galleried yard off Borough High Street, a pub carrying a royal name and the memory of London’s great vanished coaching inns
Hakata Ramen and Bar Review: A Taste of Fukuoka in Bermondsey | On Bermondsey Street, a ramen bar named for the Japanese district that gave the world its most famous bowl of tonkotsu
The Horseshoe Inn Review: A Pub Named for Luck | Near Guy’s Hospital and London Bridge, a pub carrying the oldest lucky charm in the book – the iron horseshoe nailed above the door
The Kings Arms Review: A Classic Name Done Well | One of the most common names in the trade, worn by a well-liked Tooley Street pub that quietly outperforms its tourist-corridor neighbours
Bermondsey Bar and Kitchen Review: The Neighbourhood on the Sign | On Bermondsey Street, a bar and kitchen that names itself simply after the neighbourhood it serves – and an honest look at a middling score
Pedro’s Wine Bar Review: The Beer Mile’s Highest-Rated Secret | A tiny Druid Street arch pouring wine on a street world-famous for beer – and holding one of the very highest ratings in the whole survey
Bar Douro Review: Portuguese Wine and Plates by London Bridge | Named for the great river of Portugal’s wine country, a much-loved small-plates spot bringing the Douro Valley to Flat Iron Square
Redwood Review: A Bar Named for a Giant Tree | A handy, well-liked bar around London Bridge Station, borrowing the name of the tallest living things on earth
All Bar One Butlers Wharf Review: A Chain by the Spice Warehouses | A polished riverside branch of the familiar chain, in the handsome converted warehouses of Shad Thames beside Tower Bridge
The Shipwrights Arms Review: A Pub for the Vanished Shipbuilders | Near London Bridge and HMS Belfast, a pub named for the shipwrights of the Thames – and an honest lesson in what heavy footfall does to a rating
London Bridge Rooftop Bar Review: Drinks Above the River | A high-level bar with a name that leaves nothing to the imagination, trading on one of the great views in the capital
Countryard Bar Review: A Playful Blend to Close the Survey | A Bermondsey beer hall flying a playful blended name – Countryard, part courtyard and part country – its tiny review count unproven, its wordplay cheerful
The Horniman at Hays Review: A Tea Merchant’s Pub on the Thames | Beneath the glass roof of Hay’s Galleria, a vast riverside pub named for the Victorian tea magnate whose trade once landed on this very wharf
Gimlet Bar Review: A Cocktail Bar Named for a Naval Classic | A cocktail bar flying the name of a great classic drink – the gimlet, the sharp gin-and-lime of the Royal Navy and of Raymond Chandler’s detective
Jimmy’s Sports Bar Review: A Warm First Name Over the Big Game | A Bermondsey sports bar flying a warm, familiar first name – Jimmy’s – whose tiny review count leaves the score entirely unproven
The Arzner Bar and Cafe Review: The Pioneer Director Returns | A warm bar and cafe named, like its cinema sibling, for Dorothy Arzner – the pioneering director who broke into Hollywood – its tiny review count unproven
Courtyard Bar Review: Street Food and Flea Market by London Bridge | A bar at Vinegar Yard, the buzzing street-food and flea-market yard by London Bridge – its small review count unproven, its cheerfully-named yard a local favourite
The Beer Bar Review: The Honest Name Reduced to Beer | A Bermondsey beer hall flying about the plainest name possible – the Beer Bar – whose tiny review count leaves the score entirely unproven
Premier Lounge Bar Review: A Name That Claims the Top Spot | An Elephant and Castle lounge bar flying a name of bold ambition – Premier, the first and the best – whose tiny review count leaves the claim unproven
GB Grill and Bar Review: The Nation’s Initials Over the Door | A Bermondsey grill and bar flying the nation’s own initials – GB, Great Britain – whose small review count leaves the score unproven
Vine Bar Review: Wine at the Source on Bermondsey Square | A well-scored wine bar on Bermondsey Square flying the name of the vine itself – the grapevine, source of the wine, on the ancient ground of Bermondsey Abbey
Courtroom Bar Review: Cocktails Where the Magistrate Sat | A cocktail bar in a former Tower Bridge courtroom, where the judge’s bench is now the bar and the magistrate’s canopy still hangs over the drinkers
Guy’s Bar Review: In the Shadow of the Great Hospital | A bar by London Bridge named for Guy’s – the great teaching hospital founded by Thomas Guy in 1721, where medicine has been taught and the poet Keats once trained
